Here's a fun thought.

The PCs are approached by a non-human in a humanoid environment suit.
The face is artifical, but mimics a human face well enough to *not*
fall into the "uncanny valley".

He's accompanied by a hexapodal robot and a Vargr.

"Hello, my name is Sam Starfall..."

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Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
shadow at shadowgard dot com